Hi all...I am not a horseman and ended up with an old cavalry saddle. It belonged to my great grandfather and has been stored in an attic for a loong time, maybe 70 years? I don't know anything about saddles and am curious if I could gain some info about its age, value, and desirability? My ultimate hope would be to find someone to give it a good home and appreciate it, possibly here? I live in Montana. Thanks in advance, I appreciate any info I can learn about it :)

Here are a few photos. It says it is a Whitman but someone who "sorta" knows about tack said its a Mcclellan? I searched for both and found some info but most of what I found pertains to more current saddles.

"The saddle, while passing the test of time, was not without its rivals or critics. The first significant challenger was the Whitman saddle, designed by a former US Army officer of that name. The Whitman had many McClellan features and is often mistaken for the McClellan. While not supplanting it, it was approved for use by officers and remained an approved officers' saddle throughout WWI. In later years, it incorporated so many McClellan features that it is known as the "Whitman-McClellan."

I'm no expert by any means. That saddle is not a McClellan from what I can see. A Whitman the best I can gather was the competition to the McClellan when the war dept. Was looking for a cavalry saddle. The mcclellan saddle won. Still a pretty cool price of history though.

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